Air Transportation Industry

The city of Park Ridge is putting its support behind two state senate bills that advocates say will ensure better air traffic distribution around O'Hare Airport. The City Council on May 18 approved a resolution calling for the state house to pass legislation that will allow 10 runways to operate at O'Hare instead of the current cap of eight and will prohibit the city of Chicago from closing any of the airport's four existing diagonal runways, allowing them to more equally distribute traffic. The state senate has already approved the bills, both of which would amend the Illinois Aeronautics Act. They were co-sponsored by Sen. John Mulroe, whose 10th District includes...

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